Clinical Social Worker - MSW - Weekdays

Employment Status:
Full time

Shift: Day (United States of America) Facility: 1906 Belleview Ave SE
- Roanoke

Requisition Number: R162840 Clinical Social Worker - MSW
- Weekdays (Open)

The Social Worker, Masters provides psychosocial assessment, care planning, and discharge support, collaborates with the care team and community resources, and ensures high-quality patient-centered services. The Social Worker, Masters The clinical social worker provides psychosocial assessments, interviews, and/or treatments and discharge planning to patients and families to assist them in coping with hospitalization, illness, diagnosis, and/or life situation. The social worker works collaboratively with other members of the health care team, community resources, regulatory agencies and third party payers in order to facilitate the transition of the patient through the organization while maintaining the highest quality of services possible.

The social worker will adhere to the National Association of Social Work Code of Ethics. The clinical social worker utilizes critical thinking skills, advanced problem solving, therapeutic interventions and advanced care planning in the day to day functions. Conducts a complete psychosocial assessment of the patient and family when services are initiated. For hospice, contact is made within 5 days of start of care.

Formulates, develops, and implements a comprehensive treatment plan and/or plan of care utilizing appropriate social work interventions that may include short-term individual counseling, community resource planning, crisis intervention, and patient/caregiver education. Reviews and updates the interdisciplinary team (IDT) plan of care as often as necessary (at least every 14 days for Hospice) and contributes to the medical plan of treatment ieves documentation standards for quality, timeliness, and confidentiality of medical records in accordance with organizational and departmental defined policies and procedures.

Adheres to established productivity measures or departmental expectations. Ensures orders are in place for services, as necessary. Reports changes in emotional, social, or financial condition of the patient or family to the provider. Maintains an extensive knowledge of benefit plans, regulatory guidelines and resources; acts as a consultant to hospice program staff as indicated; participates in the quality improvement reviews and evaluation of social work services.

Remains current with social work and health care developments; seeks opportunities to enhance job related knowledge. Delivers or supervises the delivery of social work services to the patient or the patient's family. Provides supervision, teaching and training for students, staff and other disciplines as indicated. Conducts abuse/neglect screening, suicide intervention, behavioral contracting, financial counseling, discharge planning, and/or guardianship processes as indicated.

Leads advance care planning (ACP) and end of life discussions, assists with ACP document completion where needed. Provides therapeutic interventions to achieve goals of care; establishes and maintain appropriate boundaries with patients/families. Performs other duties as assigned. Is an integral part of the care team, contributing professional expertise to support the holistic health of the patient and support for family and/or other caregivers.

In collaboration with the health care team the medical social worker assists patients and families with personal and environmental difficulties which predispose illness or interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care. Services include advising family and caregivers, providing education and support, and making referrals for other services as needed or requested. The social worker works collaboratively with other members of the health care team, community resources, regulatory agencies and third-party payers in order to facilitate the transition of the patient through the organization while maintaining the highest quality of services possible.

The social worker will adhere to the NASW Code of Ethics. The clinical social worker utilizes critical thinking skills, advanced problem solving, therapeutic interventions and advanced care planning in the day to day functions. Provides psychosocial assessments of patients and families to identify emotional, social and environmental strengths and problems related to their preventative health management, diagnosis,…